System for controlling a vehicle seat assembly
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsArjun V. Yetukuri, David A. Hein
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Abstract
A vehicle seat assembly has a vehicle seat with a seat base and a seat back. The vehicle seat has at least one actuator configured to move one of the seat back and seat base along a path between a first position and a second position. A sensor has a generally planar surface defining a sensing area. A controller is in communication with the actuator and the sensor. The controller is configured to, in response to receiving a sliding input on the sensing area, control the at least one actuator to move the one of the seat back and seat base along the path.
Claims20
A vehicle seat assembly comprising:
- a vehicle seat comprising a seat base and a seat back, the vehicle seat having at least one actuator configured to (i) raise and lower the seat base along a first path, and (ii) move the seat base along a fore/aft axis;
- a head restraint supported by the vehicle seat;
- a planar sensor array having a first zone;
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- a controller in communication with the actuator and the sensor array, the controller configured to:
- (i) in response to receiving a first sliding input in the first zone of the sensor array, control the at least one actuator to move the seat along the first path, and (ii) in response to receiving a second sliding input in the first zone, control the at least one actuator to move the seat base along the fore/aft axis.
A vehicle seat assembly comprising:
- a vehicle seat comprising a seat base and a seat back, the vehicle seat having at least one actuator configured to move one of the seat back and seat base along a path between a first position and a second position;
- a sensor having a generally planar surface defining a sensing area;
- a controller in communication with the actuator and the sensor;
- the controller configured to, in response to receiving a sliding input on the sensing area, control the at least one actuator to move the one of the seat back and seat base along the path;
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- a series of indicators positioned on the sensing area indicative of a direction for the sliding input on the sensing area.
A vehicle seat assembly comprising:
- a vehicle seat comprising a seat base and a seat back, the vehicle seat having at least one actuator configured for 22-way adjustment of the seat along eleven paths;
- a planar sensor array having five adjacent zones arranged in at least five columns and at least one row, the planar sensor array configured to sense at least eleven sliding inputs in the five zones;
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- a controller in communication with the actuator and the sensor array;
- the controller configured to, in response to receiving one of eleven sliding inputs in a predetermined zone of the sensor array, control the vehicle seat to move along one of the eleven paths corresponding to the one of the eleven sliding inputs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.